Georgia Power set to release energy plan

ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia Power is looking at ways to reduce its reliance on coal for producing electricity, and hints about its plans could be released this week.
The utility, a division of the Atlanta-based Southern Co., is set to release a 20-year energy plan on Thursday. That report is expected to lay out a blueprint for power production for a generation.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that 70 percent of Georgia Power's fuel came from coal five years ago, but that number is now down to 47 percent.
The change comes as Southern Co. and other utilities are being pushed by environmental rules to rely less on coal.